by Bruce Turkel | May 30, 2017 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
The Streisand Effect and Your Brand Value. Photographer Kenneth Adelman took an aerial photo of Barbra Streisand’s Malibu mansion. In return, the singer sued him for $50,000,000 citing violation of privacy. Before the suit, “Image 3850” (the photo of Streisand’s...
by Bruce Turkel | May 10, 2017 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Marketing & Advertising
You know the old joke: Q: “How do you get to Carnegie Hall? A: “Practice, man, practice.” This joke was probably never funny but it was accurate. In the old days before the Internet was as common as sense is not, the ability to do something well was the best predictor...
by Bruce Turkel | Apr 18, 2017 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
An Open Letter to United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz Dear Mr. Munoz. You and United Airlines have had a hard couple of weeks. For the benefit of the uninformed, let’s recap just a little, shall we? First one of your United Airlines’ employees chose to have a passenger...
by Bruce Turkel | Feb 21, 2017 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Foreplay starts in the morning. I have a buddy who told me about a disagreement he had with his girlfriend. The two of them weren’t getting along and hadn’t been nice to each other throughout the day. But after dinner was done and the dishes were put away, he started...
by Bruce Turkel | Jan 3, 2017 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Forgive and forget. I just read this post from my parenting guru, David Altshuler, and I thought it was meaningful and important enough to share with you. Next week we’ll get back to the subject of building brand value and making it All About Them, this week...